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Poolbeg chimneys at risk of corrosion

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    #122
    Effects
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I actually think I liked the old motor tax office, I'm not even messing

    Most people hate that style or architecture though. Fitzwilton House on Wilton Terrace was another similar example that was torn down in recent years.


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    stevedublin
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    Bambi wrote: »
    But...but..think of all the buidlings of architectural value we've but up in the last 50 years. There's the....ummm..the...

    Bord Gais energy theater, Samuel Beckett bridge, Central Bank on North Wall quay, Marker hotel, Gibson hotel, etc. etc.


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    #124
    Thelonious Monk
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    Effects wrote: »
    Most people hate that style or architecture though. Fitzwilton House on Wilton Terrace was another similar example that was torn down in recent years.

    I also liked that. If these brutalist buildings are given some loving they can look great, to me anyway. I love the Barbican in London if you're familiar with that, it's like a whole motor tax office mini city.


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    #125
    Effects
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    Yeah, I love the Barbican. Been there a bunch of times.
    DCC have giving permission today to demolish Phibsborough Shopping centre as well, so that's another one gone.


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    Thelonious Monk
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    The Phibs shopping centre, I know it's horrible but there's something about that building and the floodlights etc. that I've always liked. Probably because I'm a Bohs fan. But yeah it probably needs to go!


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    Dyr
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    stevedublin wrote: »
    Bord Gais energy theater, Samuel Beckett bridge, Central Bank on North Wall quay, Marker hotel, Gibson hotel, etc. etc.

    All mank except the bridge. Should be pulled down too.


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    #128
    Cienciano
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    Good video here and you can see their condition. Even repainting them would cost a fortune.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvAWAHczOYs
    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    I can honestly tell you, I have had lots of people from overseas to Dublin and never once have I said "You have to see these 2 chimneys".

    It's more for Dubliners than tourists. The opposite of Temple Bar


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    #129
    Thelonious Monk
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    I was just down at the seafront and had a couple of pints from Pebble Beach opposite the towers. They are f*cking huge, and that video above is giving me vertigo, what a lunatic.


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    #130
    For Forks Sake
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    Bob Harris wrote: »
    Nelson's Pillar.

    That wasn't exactly a scheduled redevelopment :D


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